Jesse Shapiro is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the firm's Real Estate Department. Mr. Shapiro was named as a 2014 Southern California Super Lawyer. In 2013, both SuperLawyers and Law360 named him a "Rising Star." Law 360 designated him as one of its six “Rising Star” Real Estate attorneys under 40 to watch nationwide.

Mr. Shapiro’s practice experience includes representation of real estate funds, lenders, and institutional and non-institutional investors in all areas of real estate, including: acquisitions and dispositions; construction, mortgage (fee and leasehold), mezzanine and participating financing; loan restructuring and workouts; and forming and representing limited liability companies, general and limited partnerships and joint ventures. Prior to joining the Real Estate Department, he represented debtors and creditors in high profile Chapter 11 proceedings, out-of-court restructurings, commercial bank financings and complex inter-creditor litigations.

Mr. Shapiro received his law degree from the New York University School of Law in 2000. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in history with a minor in math, cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania in 1996.

Mr. Shapiro is admitted to practice law in the States of California, New York and New Jersey.